Socioeconomic factors and health risk behaviors among university students in Turkey: Questionnaire study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-73

  Oksuz, Ergun ^a   Malhan, Simten ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TURKEY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 15744362027     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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